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Sports bounce back and go four points clear
PANT YR AWEL 1 SULLY SPORTS 5 SULLY travelled to the Ogmore Valley for their South Wales League Division One match last Saturday and found the pitch in fair condition after the recent rains. An improved performance was needed after the disappointment
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Fire team: Penarthian comes to the rescue!
A TEAM of South Wales firefighters experienced a complete role reversal last month, when they found themselves in need of rescuing. The Welsh Fire Services' seven-a-side rugby union team were hoping to head for Hong Kong between February 18 and 25, to
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Follow our lead
WE note with a degree of cynicism the letter of Mr David Hughes (Penarth Times, March 9) regarding the debate about a postcode lottery for Herceptin to treat breast cancer. We take issue on several accounts. He is obviously unaware that women now make
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Old routine does the Saints no favours
Cardiff Airport 1 Penarth Saints A 1 SAINTS have never gained a point beyond Barry, so in that respect this was a point gained - but on paper, and to anyone present, this was definitely two points lost. The Penarth team should be winning these games,
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14 make it to the bitter end of gruelling race
BARRY 40 MILE TRACK RACE (SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2006) FOR the first time in the 20-year history of the event, race day dawned with snow on the ground. It was only a dusting, admittedly, but sufficient to warrant a barrage of early morning phone calls to
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Vale's hostel issue
A COUNCILLOR from Penarth is leading a campaign to reduce the army of'sofa-surfers' in the Vale of Glamorgan by building a second hospice for the homeless. Janice Birch, councillor for Penarth's Stanwell ward, wants to hear the stories of people who have
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Former Town Mayor: Vale Council has squandered taxpayers' money
THE PENARTH town manager has rejected accusations by a former mayor of Penarth that public money was squandered on entertainment at a recent meeting with traders in the town. Nick Osborne, owner of Wason's hardware store, Robert James and Vennings the
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Queuing up to register
HUNDREDS of people queued for a quarter of a mile last Saturday - like people queuing for bread in communist Poland according to a local councillor - to register at a Dinas Powys dental surgery which has gone private. The Castle Court Dental Practice
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Barrier no longer used
THE inquest into the death of Penarth man Kenneth Farr heard this week from a security officer at Asda, who said he was never asked to check the car park barrier that swung out and killed the dad-of-three. Mr Farr, aged 37, of Shakespeare Avenue, was
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Sewage risk to kids" play area
WELSH Water has reported the owners of a private pumping station to the Environment Agency following reports of sewage overflowing through manholes into a stream near a children's play area in Penarth. But at the same time Welsh Water apologised to residents
